Physical and flow properties of pecan shells-Particle size and moisture effects

Powder Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Littlefield, B ^a   Fasina, O O ^a   Shaw, J ^b   Adhikari, S ^a   Via, B ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Compressibility; Density; Flowability; Fractions

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; ANGLE OF REPOSE; AVERAGE ANGLE; BIO-ENERGY; BULK DENSITY; COHESION; COHESIVE STRENGTH; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE; FLOW INDICES; FLOW PROPERTIES; FLOWABILITY; FRACTIONS; FREE FLOWING; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE EFFECTS; PARTICLE DENSITIES; TAP DENSITY; VALUE ADDED APPLICATIONS;

ADHESION; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC WAVES; INTERNAL FRICTION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

PARTICLE SIZE;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; FRICTION; FRUIT MORPHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PECAN SHELL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79959920275     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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